Piang Luang
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Piang Luang
เปียงหลวง | |
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Country | Thailand |
Province | Chiang Mai |
District | Wiang Haeng |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 16,757 |
Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Piang Luang (Thai: เปียงหลวง) is a tambon (subdistrict) of Wiang Haeng District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.[1][failed verification] In 2005 it had a population of 16,757 people. The tambon contains nine villages. The town lies near the border with Shan State, Burma.[2] During the 1960s to the 1980s, it was the headquarter of the Shan United Revolutionary Army.
References
- ^ Thaitambon.com, Accessed April 30, 2010 (in Thai)
- ^ Walker, Andrew (2009). Tai lands and Thailand: community and state in south-east Asia. Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with University Of Hawai'i Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8248-3359-6. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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